6 month old pre crushed grains

[bucfanmike]

I found some hops in my freezer that I didnt know i had. Got me thinking and I found a midwest all grain kit in a closet that I used to use for storing beer stuff. Its an all grain grand cru with pre crushed grains. It has been sealed up tight and in a low humidity environment. I checked and had bought this kit last Nov. I havent opened the bag to taste any of the grain to see if tastes stale. Not sure exactly if I would know a stale taste if i did. Should I waste my time brewing this up next brew day? thanks

 

[Bensiff]

I would got to your LHBS and get some new grains. But, that's just me, a stop on the way home from work is a small price to pay to make sure I have good ingredients given how much work goes into making a beer.

 

[FromZwolle]

you already have it, so why not brew it up? if it comes out bad, then dump it and try again, but why not try?

 

[theschick]

I bet they are fine, give it a shot!

 

[VaBrewer]

You'll be fine, I do it all the time. Storage is the key; cool, dark and airtight.

 

[ArcaneXor]

They'll be a little stale. If you want to make the best beer possible, replace them. But if you use them, they'll still work, the flavor will just be less refined.

 

[Baldy_Beer_Brewery]

It will be fine. RDWAHAHB

 

[JohnnyO]

Last weekend, I did a 10gallon batch of hefeweizen from pre-crushed grains that I bought in March. It's still fermenting, but my efficiency was lower than usual. I attributed that to the age of the grains.

 

[bucfanmike]

After thinking about it, its a no brainer for me to use them. I will be cutting my sanke MLT this week at some point. I have the last of my hardware coming from brewhardware today. So this week I will be installing sight tubes on my HLT and BK and mounting my new march pump in a toolbox. Got a huge box of camlocks to intall and a new false bottom that I bought 6 months ago waiting also. So might as well use these old grains as my first run in my direct fireable, recirculating mash tun. This will let me work out the kinks in the new system with something that wont be a huge loss if I have issues. After this run it will all be 10 gallon batches. Just ordered the makings for 10 gallons of ESB from BMW weekly recipe sale.

 

[shelly_belly]

I brewed a batch from crushed grains that sat in ziplock bags at room temp for 7 months. It was an Irish Red that I lagered. Turned out very well - no stale tastes at all.

 

[mpjardim]

Yeah, I brew w pre-crushed months old grains all the time. Beers turn out great. Perhaps if your worried do a 'session' type brew.

 

[wildwest450]

Do what I did, use your "test" batch to make starter wort. Stale or not the yeast won't care.


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[Bensiff]

Do what I did, use your "test" batch to make starter wort. Stale or not the yeast won't care.


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That's a good idea...it takes me 4-5 hours to brew a batch so I won't risk old crushed grain ruining one, but like you said, who cares about starter wort.